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  TWENTY-FIRST 
  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  STATE 
  CABINET. 
  

  

  pocla 
  ; 
  of 
  Crustacea 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  trilobites 
  in 
  a 
  fragmentary 
  

   condition. 
  The 
  Crinoidea 
  are 
  chiefly 
  of 
  the 
  genera 
  Actinocrinus, 
  

   PlatyciHnus, 
  Cyathocrinus, 
  Poteriocrinus, 
  ScajpJdocrinus, 
  Forbesio- 
  

   crinus 
  and 
  Trematocrinus 
  (Gilbertsocrinus). 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  im- 
  

   pressions 
  of 
  starfishes, 
  one 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  genus, 
  and 
  also 
  an 
  echinoderm 
  

   of 
  a 
  new 
  form. 
  These 
  observations 
  are 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  partial 
  

   opening 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  boxes. 
  This 
  collection 
  will 
  require 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  labor 
  to 
  put 
  it 
  in 
  proper 
  order, 
  and, 
  when 
  completed 
  a 
  

   proper 
  selection 
  from 
  it 
  will 
  require 
  at 
  least 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  sixty 
  square 
  

   feet 
  under 
  glass, 
  leaving 
  many 
  duplicates 
  for 
  exchange. 
  

  

  Taylor 
  and 
  Pickett 
  Collections. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  summer 
  my 
  attention 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  two 
  collections 
  

   of 
  fossils 
  which 
  were 
  offered 
  for 
  sale, 
  — 
  one 
  of 
  these, 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  W. 
  Taylor, 
  of 
  Pulaski, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  the 
  collection 
  

   of 
  the 
  late 
  Prof. 
  Pickett, 
  of 
  Rochester. 
  Finding 
  it 
  impossible 
  

   without 
  neglecting 
  other 
  imperative 
  duties, 
  to 
  visit 
  these 
  places 
  per- 
  

   sonally, 
  I 
  sent 
  Mr. 
  Whitfield 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  collections 
  and 
  report 
  

   to 
  me 
  the 
  contents. 
  The 
  general 
  schedule 
  of 
  fossils 
  in 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Taylor, 
  offered 
  but 
  a 
  moderate 
  addition 
  in 
  number 
  of 
  

   species 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  already 
  in 
  the 
  museum, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  

   Orthoceratites, 
  of 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  variety 
  and 
  in 
  consid- 
  

   erable 
  numbers 
  ; 
  such, 
  indeed, 
  as 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  difficult 
  to 
  obtain 
  

   without 
  great 
  labor 
  and 
  expense. 
  Since 
  the 
  entire 
  collection 
  was 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $5,000, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Taylor 
  declined 
  to 
  part 
  with 
  any 
  por* 
  

   tion 
  without 
  disposing 
  of 
  the 
  whole, 
  I 
  could 
  not 
  recommend 
  the 
  

   purchase 
  at 
  that 
  price. 
  

  

  The 
  descriptive 
  schedule 
  of 
  the 
  Pickett 
  collection 
  (B 
  a) 
  which 
  I 
  

   append, 
  showed 
  that 
  it 
  contained 
  rare 
  and 
  valuable 
  specimens, 
  

   which 
  would 
  be 
  an 
  acquisition 
  to 
  the 
  museum, 
  and 
  as 
  there 
  was 
  

   ait 
  offer 
  pending 
  from 
  another 
  quarter, 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  time 
  for 
  delay, 
  

   and 
  I 
  wrote 
  immediately 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  secure 
  the 
  collection. 
  I 
  have 
  

   had 
  it 
  carefully 
  packed 
  and 
  sent 
  to 
  Albany, 
  where 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  

   placed 
  in 
  the 
  Geological 
  Rooms 
  awaiting 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  Regents. 
  

  

  Minor 
  Additions 
  to 
  the 
  Museum, 
  

   The 
  Regents 
  have 
  likewise 
  purchased 
  a 
  small 
  collection 
  of 
  speci- 
  

   mens, 
  including 
  a 
  group 
  consisting 
  of 
  calcareous 
  spar, 
  quartz 
  

   crystals 
  and 
  a 
  black 
  indurated 
  bitumen, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  desig- 
  

   nated 
  anthracite. 
  The 
  group 
  is 
  from 
  a 
  geode 
  in 
  the 
  Calciferous 
  

  

  